.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/ideas.yml

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Light on purpose: discussions are where ambiguity is ALLOWED — a form
-# that demands rigor at the door defeats the room's purpose (issue #24,
-# decision 4). If these prompts fight the flow in practice, delete them
-# before adding fields to them.
-body:
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: What's the itch?
-      description: >-
-        Vague is fine — a bug, an idea, a "we should…". Triage turns this
-        into work (or an answer); you don't have to.
-    validations:
-      required: false
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: What would "done" feel like?
-      description: Optional — a sketch of the outcome, if you can already see it.
-    validations:
-      required: false

.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/q-a.yml

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Light on purpose — same reasoning as ideas.yml (issue #24, decision 4):
-# optional prompts only, delete before hardening.
-body:
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: What's the question?
-      description: Ask it plainly — context and links help, none are required.
-    validations:
-      required: false
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: What have you tried or read already?
-      description: Optional — saves the answerer a lap.
-    validations:
-      required: false

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # The new-issue interception (issue #24, decision 1): interception over
 # instruction — prose alone has already proven insufficient everywhere else
 # in this org. With blank issues disabled and exactly one form, a "New
-# issue" click shows the discussion link first; that auto-suggest is native
-# GitHub behavior, no automation needed.
+# issue" click shows the proposal route first; that auto-suggest is native
+# forge behavior, no automation needed.
 blank_issues_enabled: false
 contact_links:
-  - name: Ideas, bugs, questions — start a Discussion
-    url: https://github.com/heavy-duty/ceremony/discussions
+  - name: Ideas, bugs, questions — file a Proposal
+    url: https://forgejo.heavyduty.builders/heavy-duty/ceremony/issues/new?template=proposal.yml
     about: >-
-      Humans (and agents) never file issues here — discussions are where
-      intent lives. Triage converges every discussion to an outcome, and
-      only triage mints issues (TRIAGE.md).
+      Anyone may file a proposal. Triage converts it into a work issue or
+      refuses it with reasons; only triage mints work issues (TRIAGE.md).

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/proposal.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# This intake form applies no labels: queue labels are triage's explicit act
+# (LABELS.md), and the issue-flow sweep catches non-triage authors, so the form
+# must not pre-judge the proposal's queue state (#24 D2).
+name: Proposal (anyone)
+description: >-
+  Share an idea, bug, question, or rough "we should…" for triage to convert
+  into work or refuse with reasons.
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: >-
+        Proposals are the low-bar intake door. Say what you noticed and why it
+        might matter; triage will decide whether it becomes a work issue.
+  - type: textarea
+    id: noticed
+    attributes:
+      label: What did you notice?
+      description: A rough idea, bug, question, or "we should…" is enough.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: why-it-matters
+    attributes:
+      label: Why might it matter?
+      description: Optional — describe the impact or opportunity if you can.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+  - type: textarea
+    id: known-context
+    attributes:
+      label: What do you already know?
+      description: Optional — add links, examples, constraints, or prior art.
+    validations:
+      required: false

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/work-order.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # that (issue #24, decision 2).
 name: Work order (triage only)
 description: >-
-  The issue contract (TRIAGE.md) as a form. Only triage mints issues —
-  everyone else starts a Discussion. Triage may still compose by hand when
+  The issue contract (TRIAGE.md) as a form. Only triage mints work issues —
+  everyone else files a proposal. Triage may still compose by hand when
   the form fights it: `gh issue create --body-file` bypasses forms and stays
   legitimate for the triage identity.
 body:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Context
       description: >-
-        Why this exists, with links — the discussion it came from, the code
+        Why this exists, with links — the proposal it came from, the code
         it touches (permalinks at a pinned SHA, so line references cannot
         rot), prior art in sibling repos.
     validations:

AGENTS.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ reviewer here"). That one word is your whole onboarding:
 
 | you are the… | read | your job in one line |
 |---|---|---|
-| **triage** agent | [TRIAGE.md](TRIAGE.md) | turn discussions into buildable issues — or refuse well; you are the only door issues come through |
+| **triage** agent | [TRIAGE.md](TRIAGE.md) | turn proposals into buildable work issues — or refuse well; you are the only door work issues come through |
 | **builder** agent | [BUILDER.md](BUILDER.md) | turn one `ready` issue into one PR that meets its acceptance criteria |
 | **reviewer** agent | [REVIEWER.md](REVIEWER.md) | verdicts on PRs — approve or request-changes, converge, hand to the human |
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ are the shared state machine, and misusing one lies to every other agent on
 the board.
 
 **Not told a role?** Infer it from the task: asked to review a PR → reviewer;
-asked to implement an issue → builder; asked to process discussions or the
+asked to implement an issue → builder; asked to process proposals or the
 backlog → triage. Still ambiguous → ask before acting. Do not free-lance
 across roles in one session: a builder reviewing its own PR, or a reviewer
 pushing fixes, breaks the separation the pipeline depends on.
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ pushing fixes, breaks the separation the pipeline depends on.
 ## The pipeline you are part of
 
 ```
-discussion ──▶ triage ──▶ issue ──▶ build ──▶ review ──▶ human merge ──▶ release
- (anyone)     (agent)   (queue)    (agent)   (agents)     (human)      (ceremony)
+proposal ──▶ triage ──▶ work issue ──▶ build ──▶ review ──▶ human merge ──▶ release
+ (anyone)    (agent)      (queue)      (agent)   (agents)     (human)      (ceremony)
 ```
 
 Two rules bind every role:
 
-- **Only triage mints issues.** Found work? Open or extend a discussion.
+- **Only triage mints work issues.** Found work? File or extend a proposal.
 - **Only humans merge.** Convergence ends at `state:needs-human`, never at
   a merge button.
 

BUILDER.md

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ triage bug, and the move is to say so on the issue, not to guess.
   its red-flag profile are in REVIEWER.md §What you review against, item 2
   (#216).
 - **Scope discipline: the PR does the issue — whole, and nothing else.**
-  Adjacent problems go to a discussion, or a comment on the relevant issue;
+  Adjacent problems go to a proposal, or a comment on the relevant issue;
   you do not mint issues — nobody but triage does — and you do not fix
   drive-by findings in the same PR.
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -10,22 +10,22 @@ the two is a bug.
 Work moves through one pipeline, and every stage has an owner:
 
 ```
-discussion ──▶ triage ──▶ issue ──▶ build ──▶ review ──▶ human merge ──▶ release
- (anyone)     (agent)   (queue)    (agent)   (agents)     (human)      (ceremony)
+proposal ──▶ triage ──▶ work issue ──▶ build ──▶ review ──▶ human merge ──▶ release
+ (anyone)    (agent)      (queue)      (agent)   (agents)     (human)      (ceremony)
 ```
 
-- **Discussions are where intent lives.** Anyone — human or agent — who has an
-  idea, a bug, a question, or a "we should…" opens a **discussion**, not an
-  issue. Discussions are allowed to be vague; that is what they are for.
-- **Issues are minted only by triage.** Nobody else writes issues — not
-  humans, not builders, not reviewers. An issue is a work order with a quality
+- **Proposals are where intent lives.** Anyone — human or agent — who has an
+  idea, a bug, a question, or a "we should…" files a **proposal**, not a work
+  issue. Proposals are allowed to be vague; that is what they are for.
+- **Work issues are minted only by triage.** Nobody else writes work issues —
+  not humans, not builders, not reviewers. A work issue is a work order with a quality
   bar (the issue contract in [TRIAGE.md](TRIAGE.md)), and the bar holds
   because exactly one role is accountable for it. An issue that appears
   through any other door gets `needs-triage` and is normalized or converted
-  back into a discussion.
+  back into a proposal.
 - **Builders turn one issue into one PR.** [BUILDER.md](BUILDER.md).
 - **Reviewers converge on a verdict.** [REVIEWER.md](REVIEWER.md).
-- **Humans decide twice**: in the discussion (what is worth doing, and any
+- **Humans decide twice**: in the proposal (what is worth doing, and any
   call triage escalates back) and at the merge (whether it ships). Everything
   between those two points is agent work by default.
 - **Merging a release PR ships it** — the release ceremony this repo's
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ panel-minus-author, and three is what it currently comes to, not a second
 rule. Builders and triage default to different models so the issue contract
 is honestly exercised — a spec gap should surface as a question on the
 issue, not be silently filled by shared priors. Humans (`andres`) decide in
-discussions and merge; the roster is config, not doctrine — swapping a
+proposals and merge; the roster is config, not doctrine — swapping a
 vendor is an edit to this table (and to `panel=` in
 `.github/labels.conf` once #10 lands), nothing more.
 
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ A governed repo (box, rig, cast, incubator, …) therefore carries:
   - the **`scope:*` label set** (`.github/labels.conf` + `.github/labeler.yml`),
   - the **drill meaning** (`drills/README.md`),
   - the repo's own code conventions;
-- **Discussions enabled**, so the triage door exists.
+- **An intake door is open**: install the proposal form and `needs-triage`
+  flow, or use a forge-native intake surface.
 
 One pin governs both the machinery and the doctrine: the ref a repo's
 workflows call is the ref its `.ceremony/` mirror is verified against.

FLEET.md

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ The earlier form of this file folded handoff and rebase into the other
 builder wakes; they are duties of their own.
 
 - **Triage signals**, per registry repo: `needs-triage` issues,
-  queue-unlabeled strays, discussions without triage's voice, unread
+  queue-unlabeled strays, proposals without triage's voice, unread
   `@`-mentions (their own session), and `blocked` issues whose named blockers
   have all landed — a lead the session verifies, never a label the engine
   flips. Backlog hygiene (stale claims, label invariants) runs hourly,

LABELS.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ strips it on sight).
 
 | Label | Color | Means | Set by |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| `needs-triage` | `#FBCA04` | an issue that did not come through triage — it owes normalization or conversion back to a discussion | anyone who spots one; cleared by triage |
+| `needs-triage` | `#FBCA04` | a proposal or stray issue that did not come through triage — it owes normalization into work or a reasoned refusal | anyone who spots one; cleared by triage |
 | `ready` | `#0E8A16` | triaged, spec complete, unblocked — a builder can start now and succeed | triage |
 | `claimed` | `#1D76DB` | a builder owns it: assignee set, a draft PR expected shortly | the claiming builder |
 | `blocked` | `#6A737D` | waiting on another issue or PR (`Blocked by #N` in the body names it) | triage; anyone may correct it |
@@ -242,4 +242,4 @@ full-board reconcile. The sweep warns when the core taxonomy declares a label
 the repository lacks. The same workflow reconciles issue-flow labels on issue
 events and during the scheduled sweep. Default GitHub labels (`duplicate`,
 `invalid`, `question`, `wontfix`, `help wanted`, `good first issue`) are
-deleted at bootstrap — a `question` is a discussion, not an issue.
+deleted at bootstrap — a `question` belongs in a proposal, not a work issue.

REVIEWER.md

@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ saw Y" outranks one that says "this looks like it might".
 ## What you do not do
 
 - **Re-litigate the spec.** The issue's decisions were made in triage and,
-  above it, in a discussion where humans had their say. If you think the
+  above it, in a proposal where humans had their say. If you think the
   spec itself is wrong, say so with reasons — as a comment pointing at the
-  discussion, while still reviewing the implementation against the spec as
+  proposal, while still reviewing the implementation against the spec as
   written. Spec changes go through triage, not through a review round.
 - **Merge, or tell the builder to merge.** Convergence hands the PR to a
   human; only humans merge.

TRIAGE.md

@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 # TRIAGE.md — the triage role
 
-You are the only door issues come through. Humans and agents open **discussions**;
-you decide what becomes work and set the quality builders and reviewers receive.
+You are the only door work issues come through. Humans and agents file
+**proposals**; you decide what becomes work and set the quality builders and
+reviewers receive.
 
 ## Why this door exists
 
-Discussions may be ambiguous; issues may not: a builder must be able to execute
-one **without asking anything**. One accountable role keeps builders from guessing.
+Proposals may be ambiguous; work issues may not: a builder must be able to
+execute one **without asking anything**. One accountable role keeps builders
+from guessing.
 
 ## Your inputs
 
-- **Every open discussion** in the repo you serve.
+- **Every open proposal** in the repo you serve.
 - **Stray issues** — anything filed directly, by anyone. Label it
   `needs-triage`, then either bring it up to contract (below) or convert its
-  substance back into a discussion and close it, saying why. Route the work
+  substance into a proposal and close it, saying why. Route the work
   without shaming the filer.
 
-## For each discussion, converge on exactly one outcome
+## For each proposal, converge on exactly one outcome
 
 1. **Answer.** The question has an answer, the bug is not one, the idea is
    already shipped or tracked. Link the code, doc, or issue; mark answered.
@@ -32,9 +34,9 @@ one **without asking anything**. One accountable role keeps builders from guessi
    [BUILDER.md's canonical ruling template](BUILDER.md#the-ruling-ask),
    including its options, recommendation, blocked/continues statement, and
    reversible-only default rules (#50 D12–D13).
-   The discussion is where humans decide; wait there. When the decision
+   The proposal is where humans decide; wait there. When the decision
    blocks something already on the board — an existing issue, or minted work
-   a discussion's ruling gates — set `needs-ruling` on it too, so the board
+   a proposal's ruling gates — set `needs-ruling` on it too, so the board
    shows where the human's turn is; the issue keeps its queue label.
    When you direct a builder to hold a claim, say the claim is **parked**,
    name what it waits on, and set `attention` so the assignee's ack is visible
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ one **without asking anything**. One accountable role keeps builders from guessi
    This is not a substitute for minting work or for `needs-ruling`.
 4. **Decline.** Real idea, wrong repo or wrong time. Say why plainly, link
    where it belongs if anywhere, close. A refusal with reasons is a good
-   outcome; a zombie discussion is not.
+   outcome; a zombie proposal is not.
 5. **Accept.** It justifies work → mint the issue(s). The contract below is
    the bar.
 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ Every issue you mint carries, in this order:
 
 - **A title that names the deliverable** — "lib/version.sh — one version
   abstraction, two backends", never "improve version handling".
-- **Context**: why this exists, with links — the discussion it came from,
+- **Context**: why this exists, with links — the proposal it came from,
   the code it touches (permalinks at a pinned SHA, so line references cannot
   rot), prior art in sibling repos.
 - **The spec**: decisions made, not options listed. If the spec still has an
@@ -159,4 +161,4 @@ Repositories that adopt version epics follow [RELEASES.md](RELEASES.md).
 - Assign a builder — builders pick and claim ([BUILDER.md](BUILDER.md)).
 - Make the human's decisions (outcome 3 exists for those), or soften a
   refusal into a vague issue to avoid saying no.
-- Mint an issue to "discuss" something — that is a discussion.
+- Mint a work issue to explore an idea — file a proposal instead.

changelog.d/247.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Changed
+
+- Replace the unavailable intake rule with a proposal form that triage converts into work or refuses with reasons (#247).

docs/CONSUMERS.md

@@ -851,15 +851,16 @@ published release.
 
 ## Adopting the agent team flow
 
-The team flow (discussion → triage → issue → build → review → human
+The team flow (proposal → triage → work issue → build → review → human
 merge) is **optional per repo and separable from the release ceremony**:
 a repo can adopt release-only and take the team flow later — incubator's
 initial posture (#16). The model is this repo's own
 [CONTRIBUTING](../CONTRIBUTING.md) ("How the other repos use this");
 this is the checklist:
 
-- [ ] **Enable Discussions** — the triage door exists or the pipeline
-      has no intake.
+- [ ] **Open the intake door** — install `proposal.yml` and the automatic
+      `needs-triage` flow. A repo whose forge provides Discussions may keep
+      them as its intake door and point `config.yml`'s contact link there.
 - [ ] **Vendor the doctrine**: run `docs-sync --fix` (#19) to materialize
       `.ceremony/{AGENTS,TRIAGE,BUILDER,REVIEWER,LABELS}.md` —
       byte-identical to this repo at the pinned ref — plus the generated
@@ -893,7 +894,8 @@ this is the checklist:
       `workflow_dispatch` once ([above](#labels-automation)), or the hand
       commands in [LABELS.md](../LABELS.md).
 - [ ] **State the single-writer rule** in the repo's own docs: only
-      triage mints issues; everyone else opens discussions.
+      triage mints work issues; anyone may file a proposal, which triage
+      converts or refuses.
 
 ### The pin-bump procedure